Paul Peterson, also known as St. Paul, briefly having filled in for the vacancy Monte Moir left in The Time, and later, the front man of The Family, emerged 2 years after the dissolution of said group, with his own album. Largely self-produced, this album serves as yet another example of how much talent “That Guy” kept under wraps. Deeply entrenched in the Minneapolis camp of R&B music, this album bears much more resemblance to the work coming out of the Jam & Lewis braintrust than it does The Family; the album opener “Rich Man” and “Sensation”, which employs a hard Linn drum to let you know where he’s from, are the closest St. Paul comes the closest to recapturing that vibe, at least until many years later, when fDeluxe (The Family in all but name) is formed. It soon becomes apparent, after listening to this album, that it was no coincidence St. Paul was drafted to replace Monte Moir in The Time; Monte, a greatly underrated songwriter in his own right, even co-produces and co-writes “Can’t Get Enough”.

“Intimacy”, “Tell Me”, “Soul Touch” (which features Jeff Lorber), “Too Well”… pick a track, and you’ll find something good to great. Though it is not directly associated with “That Guy”, this album should be canonized as one of the great releases of the Minneapolis sound.